TEST 45 No1 ( FILE) ENGLISH 8

Binh Long education training office
School:……………………………
Class:……………………………..
Name:……………………………..

The first 45-minute test
School year: 2017-2018
Subject: ENGLISH 8
Date: Tuesday, October 10th, 2017
MARK

A.. LISTENING (1,5ms)
I. Listen to the tape twice, then complete these sentences (0.75 m):
His name is Le Van Tam and he’s fourteen years old. He lives at…………….Tran Phu street in Ha Noi with his mother, father and his elder brother, Hung. He’s tall and thin and has short black hair. He is …………………..,humorous and………………….......His best friends are Ba and Bao.
II. Listen to the tape twice, then match column A with column B ,then write the answer in column C (0,75 m):
A
B
Answer

The desk is

Opposite the desk
1…………

The window is

On the left of the room
 2…………

The warbrobe is

On the right side of the room
 3…………


B. USE OF LANGUAGE (4ms)
I/Choose the word whose underlined part having different pronunciation from the others (1m)
A. chemical B. character C. Christmas D. children
A. couch B. ought C. counter D. house
A. reserved B. stayed C. seemed D. visited
4. A. emigrate B. television C. experiment D. exhibition
II/ Choose the best answer for the following sentences( 2 ms)
There is a refrigerator, a table, a stove and a………….in the kitchen.
Fax machine B. cupboard C. bookshelf D. public telephone
Bao spends his free time ………………….volunteer work at a local orphanage
Do B. to do C. doing D. does
. “Hello, Nam. This is my cousin, Thu.” –“……………………………”
A. Hello, thank you. B. It’s my pleasure. C. It’s great. D. How do you do, Thu
4. Alexander Graham Bell was born………….. March 3, 1847.
A. to B. on C. at D. in
5. Lan is not old ………….. to ride her bike to school.
enough B. too C. much D. such
Mrs Vui is going to be home late. Nam has to cook dinner ……………………. .
herself B. himself C. themselves D. myself
After his mother and father died, the boy had to live in the local ……………………
orphanage B. post office C. school D. library
Can I speak to Nancy, please?
No, you can’t B. Yes, please. C. I’m sorry. She’s out. D. Thank you.
III . Give the correct form of verbs (1m )
The sun ( rise )……………………………in the East
My brother (paint)……………… this picture yesterday.
Nien wasn’t old enough (be) ……………………..in my class
There are a lot of black clouds in the sky. It (rain)……………………………………
C. READING: Read the passage, then do the exerces below (2,5 đ)
On March 3, 1847, Alexander Graham Bell was born in Edinburgh. He was a Scotman although he later emigrated first to Canada and then to the USA in the 1870. In America, he worked with deaf-mutes at Boston University. Soon, Bell started experimenting with ways of transmitting speech over a long distance. This led to the invention of the telephone. Bell and his assistant, Thomas Watson, conducted many experiments and finally came up with a device with they first introduced in 1876. Bell said on the phone “Mr.Watson, come here, I want you”. This was the first telephone message. Traveling all over America, Bell demonstrated his invention to the public at countless exhibitions and by 1877 the fist telephone was in commercial use.
Answer: True ( T )or False ( F ) (1m)
Alexander G.Bell was born in Scotland. ………………
He moved to The USA first. ………………
Thomas Watson is his assistant …………….
He demonstrated his telephone to the public in 1876 ………………
Answer the questions.(1,5ms)
When was Alexander Graham Bell born ?
.
Who was his assistant?
.
When did Bell invent the telephone?
.